JFK: The Castro connection

Brian McKenna — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:19:03 +0000

Editor's note: Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.

We were in Havana shooting a scene with Fidel Castro for Pierre Trudeau's memoirs. After the filming, at a private dinner with Castro hosted by the Canadian ambassador, Julie Loranger, I asked the Cuban leader if he had seen the recently released Oliver Stone film JFK.The movie had debuted a few weeks earlier. Castro said someone had entered a Miami theater and filmed the movie surreptitiously. They sent him the poor quality copy. He said from what he saw, he admired the film.